# \#passkey

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## [Passkey login: An error occured: The security key is not owned by the user](https://meta.discourse.org/t/passkey-login-an-error-occured-the-security-key-is-not-owned-by-the-user/404317)

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**Author:** [@Dusk8782](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Dusk8782)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 4, 2026, 4:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/passkey-login-an-error-occured-the-security-key-is-not-owned-by-the-user/404317 "2026-06-04T16:38:30Z")

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Hello, I would like to report a possible bug related to passkey login on meta.discourse.org. When I choose “Log in with a passkey,” I get this error: I experienced this not only on meta, but also on Bitwarden Commun…

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## [How to remove "Log in with your access key"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-remove-log-in-with-your-access-key/402697)

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**Author:** [@Vsekraski](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Vsekraski)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 11, 2026, 8:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-remove-log-in-with-your-access-key/402697 "2026-05-11T20:28:26Z")

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How to remove “Log in with your access key”?

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## [Cant set up passkey on any discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-set-up-passkey-on-any-discourse/397642)

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**Author:** [@agr](https://meta.discourse.org/u/agr)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [March 7, 2026, 11:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-set-up-passkey-on-any-discourse/397642 "2026-03-07T11:49:27Z")

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When using hardware which I do not own, I want to use a hardware key instead of putting my password. I got a nitrokey 3C for that purpose. Registration on discourse fails. Also here on meta.discourse.org p.s. Registeri…

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## [Passkey option missing on "Enforce second factor on external auth" error screen](https://meta.discourse.org/t/passkey-option-missing-on-enforce-second-factor-on-external-auth-error-screen/397772)

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**Author:** [@supermathie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/supermathie)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 5, 2026, 9:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/passkey-option-missing-on-enforce-second-factor-on-external-auth-error-screen/397772 "2026-03-05T21:13:43Z")

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With enforce\_second\_factor\_on\_external\_auth enabled, if a user attempts to log in via social auth they get to this screen: But the option to log in via passkey is missing. It should be added to this screen.

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## [Error when create user passkey in browser](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-when-create-user-passkey-in-browser/378434)

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**Author:** [@whitewaterdeu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/whitewaterdeu)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [October 30, 2025, 6:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-when-create-user-passkey-in-browser/378434 "2025-10-30T06:40:21Z")

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when i try to create passkey in my own site, it reminds The passkey registration process either timed out, was cancelled or is not allowed but i can create passkey in discourse meta forum in same browser(mirosoft edge)…

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## [Login in with passkey on Discourse sites and Dashlane](https://meta.discourse.org/t/login-in-with-passkey-on-discourse-sites-and-dashlane/319890)

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**Author:** [@patrickemin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/patrickemin)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 9, 2025, 12:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/login-in-with-passkey-on-discourse-sites-and-dashlane/319890 "2025-10-09T00:18:17Z")

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Hi, when I login on a Discourse site (like this one for example) with my Dashlane stored passkey, I am asked for my Dashlane master password. It never happen on any other non Discourse site, would you know why? This extr…

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## [Passwordless login using passkeys](https://meta.discourse.org/t/passwordless-login-using-passkeys/285589)

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**Author:** [@pmusaraj](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pmusaraj)\
**Replies:** 25\
**Last updated:** [September 28, 2025, 8:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/passwordless-login-using-passkeys/285589 "2025-09-28T20:34:40Z")

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Following up on Support passwordless login with Passkeys and a few weeks of internal testing, we are happy to announce that support for passkeys has now landed in Discourse. What are passkeys Passkeys are a safer, simpl…

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## [Locked out of a Discourse forum due to passkey bug?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/locked-out-of-a-discourse-forum-due-to-passkey-bug/362510)

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**Author:** [@digitaltoast](https://meta.discourse.org/u/digitaltoast)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [April 28, 2025, 7:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/locked-out-of-a-discourse-forum-due-to-passkey-bug/362510 "2025-04-28T19:04:20Z")

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I’m a member of https://www.trucknetuk.com/ which uses Discourse 3.5.0.beta3-dev. I opted in to use my Thetis Pro passkey device, which worked fine until I had to re-install Windows. I’m now getting “This security key d…

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## [Passkey error](https://meta.discourse.org/t/passkey-error/362199)

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**Author:** [@SaraMiller](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SaraMiller)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [April 19, 2025, 6:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/passkey-error/362199 "2025-04-19T06:51:50Z")

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I have a fresh install of Discourse and try to add a Passkey to my user. Unfortunately I get this error: Any ideas why this could happen? I have not changed any settings.

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## [Cannot register Yubikey as passkeys for passwordless login](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-register-yubikey-as-passkeys-for-passwordless-login/294297)

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**Author:** [@rishabhlakhotia](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rishabhlakhotia)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [December 3, 2024, 4:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-register-yubikey-as-passkeys-for-passwordless-login/294297 "2024-12-03T16:17:58Z")

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I’m facing a strange issue - I cannot register Yubikeys (I’m using series 5, and have 4 of them) as passkeys on any discourse forum. I’m able to register my Android phone’s passkey and my Password Manager’s passkey succe…

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## [DiscourseHub - Login with passkey completely broken](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discoursehub-login-with-passkey-completely-broken/328441)

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**Author:** [@Vede](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Vede)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 27, 2024, 9:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discoursehub-login-with-passkey-completely-broken/328441 "2024-10-27T09:07:02Z")

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I have already used the search and could not find a topic on this, I have signed up to report this in the hope that the bug gets fixed I recently reinstalled hub on my iPhone 16, The sign in with Passkey option does not…

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## [500 Internal Server Error with Passkeys and DiscourseConnect](https://meta.discourse.org/t/500-internal-server-error-with-passkeys-and-discourseconnect/323877)

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**Author:** [@j127](https://meta.discourse.org/u/j127)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 3, 2024, 9:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/500-internal-server-error-with-passkeys-and-discourseconnect/323877 "2024-09-03T21:37:51Z")

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I’ve set up Discourse Connect where I can log into another app with Discourse. Everything works when I use passwords, but when I log in to Discourse with a passkey during the flow, I get a 500 error. I see a 500 err…

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## [Login with Passkey fails if setup with Nitrokey 3A Mini](https://meta.discourse.org/t/login-with-passkey-fails-if-setup-with-nitrokey-3a-mini/322541)

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**Author:** [@thess](https://meta.discourse.org/u/thess)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 20, 2024, 6:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/login-with-passkey-fails-if-setup-with-nitrokey-3a-mini/322541 "2024-08-20T18:37:48Z")

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Error in log: NoMethodError (undefined method \`hash\_function’ for an instance of COSE::Algorithm::EdDSA) lib/discourse\_webauthn/authentication\_service.rb:99:in ‘authenticate\_security\_key’ COSE algorithm Pure EdDSA do…

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## [Unable to determine Passkey issues behind Cloudflare Proxy](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-determine-passkey-issues-behind-cloudflare-proxy/316366)

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**Author:** [@TheAlmightyZach](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TheAlmightyZach)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 15, 2024, 5:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-determine-passkey-issues-behind-cloudflare-proxy/316366 "2024-07-15T17:57:35Z")

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UPDATE: Solved! To resolve the issue I was able to enable force\_https which got this all resolved for us. Turns out passkeys were trying to route to http:// but that mixed traffic wasn’t getting flagged by the browser. A…

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## [Migrate security keys to passkeys](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrate-security-keys-to-passkeys/311274)

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**Author:** [@arun](https://meta.discourse.org/u/arun)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 9, 2024, 5:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrate-security-keys-to-passkeys/311274 "2024-06-09T05:43:27Z")

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If I am not misunderstanding something, I have seen some other websites support the ability to convert security keys into passkeys to support passwordless logins. Is that a functionality that Discourse would be building …

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## [Error message displaying at login with Linux/Firefox](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-message-displaying-at-login-with-linux-firefox/293167)

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**Author:** [@Octoberon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Octoberon)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [April 16, 2024, 11:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-message-displaying-at-login-with-linux-firefox/293167 "2024-04-16T11:01:27Z")

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One of my forum members is getting a problem when trying to log in. This is happening when the page loads, not when he enters his ID and password. He runs Linux (Debian) and gets this error consistently with the cur…

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## [How to disable the passkey feature?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-disable-the-passkey-feature/302739)

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**Author:** [@kenjdarhan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kenjdarhan)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [April 9, 2024, 5:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-disable-the-passkey-feature/302739 "2024-04-09T17:50:50Z")

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Hello, How do I cancel the option to log in with a passkey for the forum users? Thanks.

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## [Potential minor bug on login with Firefox? (possibly since last update...)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/potential-minor-bug-on-login-with-firefox-possibly-since-last-update/295672)

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**Author:** [@Hanon\_Ondricek](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Hanon_Ondricek)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 16, 2024, 9:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/potential-minor-bug-on-login-with-firefox-possibly-since-last-update/295672 "2024-02-16T21:29:48Z")

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I’ve had a couple users finding they get a generic “Sorry an error has occurred” when logging in since the latest update. It seems to be on Firefox as I experience no problems on Safari and other users say they don’t get…

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## [Issues using passkeys with vaultwarden](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issues-using-passkeys-with-vaultwarden/294865)

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**Author:** [@JappeHallunken](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JappeHallunken)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [February 14, 2024, 7:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issues-using-passkeys-with-vaultwarden/294865 "2024-02-14T07:10:55Z")

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I am a user of a self hosted discourse instance, I see the button to add passkeys. When I click my vaultwarden plugin opens up, to add it, but then I get a message The passkey registration process either timed out, was…

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## [An error occurred at login modal (same as topic 293167)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/an-error-occurred-at-login-modal-same-as-topic-293167/293720)

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**Author:** [@hellekin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hellekin)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2024, 9:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/an-error-occurred-at-login-modal-same-as-topic-293167/293720 "2024-02-02T21:40:55Z")

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I have noticed this bug before on Meta, but then it appeared on my deployments after the latest upgrade: when clicking login, the “Welcome back :wave:” modal appears, and is immediately shadowed by “Sorry, an error occur…

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## [Support passwordless login with Passkeys](https://meta.discourse.org/t/support-passwordless-login-with-passkeys/229259)

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**Author:** [@TheDarkWizard](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TheDarkWizard)\
**Replies:** 42\
**Last updated:** [November 13, 2023, 9:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/support-passwordless-login-with-passkeys/229259 "2023-11-13T21:11:43Z")

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Hi, I’m suggesting support for Apple’s Passkeys system.

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## [Passkey on DiscourseHub (iOS/iPadOS) works funny](https://meta.discourse.org/t/passkey-on-discoursehub-ios-ipados-works-funny/283759)

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**Author:** [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 31, 2023, 5:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/passkey-on-discoursehub-ios-ipados-works-funny/283759 "2023-10-31T17:02:58Z")

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I’m bit early, so this is more or less just FYI. But this happends: Forum opens but inside login modal. It needs cancel, reload and after that it asks authohization that gives a feeling it was actually using another …

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## [Login page not working on android app](https://meta.discourse.org/t/login-page-not-working-on-android-app/283471)

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**Author:** [@Rafael\_Melo\_Silva](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Rafael_Melo_Silva)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 27, 2023, 5:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/login-page-not-working-on-android-app/283471 "2023-10-27T17:42:25Z")

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My discourse website works ok on android chrome app, but i can’t log in on my android webapp.. the login modal buttons don’t respond Please can someone help me??

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## [Runtime error login bug](https://meta.discourse.org/t/runtime-error-login-bug/283678)

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**Author:** [@joerogan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/joerogan)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [October 27, 2023, 5:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/runtime-error-login-bug/283678 "2023-10-27T17:15:59Z")

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Login (local login with email and password) is not responding because of the following runtime error: \*\*publickeycredential is not defined.\*\* passkeyConditionalLogin installModifier install untrack install Everytime yo…
